EP2852997B1 - Konditionierungsvorrichtung und verfahren zum zum konditionieren eines datenkanals einer zelle eines elektrischen energiespeichers - Google Patents

Konditionierungsvorrichtung und verfahren zum zum konditionieren eines datenkanals einer zelle eines elektrischen energiespeichers Download PDF

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EP2852997B1
EP2852997B1 EP13719466.8A EP13719466A EP2852997B1 EP 2852997 B1 EP2852997 B1 EP 2852997B1 EP 13719466 A EP13719466 A EP 13719466A EP 2852997 B1 EP2852997 B1 EP 2852997B1
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  • the present invention relates to a conditioning device, a communication device, a sensor device, a battery element, a multi-cell electrical energy store and a method for conditioning a data channel of a cell of a multi-cell electrical energy store.
  • the DE 10 2010 016 175A1 describes a battery monitoring and control device.
  • Other systems and methods according to the prior art are in US 5,495,503 A .
  • the present invention presents an improved conditioning device, an improved communication device for transmitting data, an improved sensor device, an improved battery element, an improved multi-cell electrical energy store and an improved method for conditioning a data channel according to the main claims.
  • Advantageous configurations result from the respective subclaims and the following description.
  • Data recorded in or on a battery cell can be transmitted via a data channel, for example to a control device. If the data channel runs over a power supply line of the battery cell or over a housing of the battery cell, no additional data lines are required for the transmission of the recorded data. So can detection of sensor signals within a battery without dedicated data lines, e.g. B. a CAN bus. Instead, for example, an integrated battery sensor with so-called powerline communication can be used. To ensure error-free communication via Powerline, the data channel can be conditioned.
  • the multi-cell electrical energy store can be a battery or a so-called battery pack.
  • it can be a lithium-ion battery for a vehicle, for example an electric vehicle.
  • the electrical energy store can have a plurality of battery cells or cells, in particular in the form of galvanic or electrochemical secondary cells, as subunits of the energy store.
  • the cells can be high-performance cells, in particular also lithium-ion cells.
  • the power supply lines of the cell can be electrical connection lines of the cell, also called power line.
  • the first power supply line can be electrically conductively connected to a positive pole or a cathode of the cell and the second power supply line can be electrically conductively connected to a negative pole or an anode of the cell his.
  • the cell can be electrically contacted via the power supply lines.
  • the communication device can be connected between the power supply lines and thus parallel to the cell if the interfaces of the communication device are connected to the power supply lines accordingly.
  • the interfaces can be designed as contact points.
  • the data to be transmitted can be data stored or generated within the communication device or data received from the communication device. For example, it can be sensor data of a sensor coupled to the communication device.
  • the transmitting device can be designed to output the data to be transmitted in a form suitable for transmitting the data via a power line via one of the interfaces to one of the power supply lines in order to transmit the data via the power supply line, for example to a further communication device or to a receiver a control unit.
  • the transmission device can be designed to modulate the data to be transmitted onto the signal frequency or to modulate it with the signal frequency.
  • the signal frequency can be a carrier frequency that can be used to transmit the data over the data channel. It can also be a communication frequency with which the data are transmitted via the data channel.
  • a plurality of communication devices can be connected to one another via the data channel.
  • the data channel can extend to a receiving device of a downstream communication device. If a downstream cell has a complex impedance which is low in relation to the signal frequency, the data channel can run through the downstream cell. However, this is generally undesirable.
  • the conditioning device can be coupled to the transmission device in order to condition a transmission characteristic of the transmission device. Additionally or alternatively, the conditioning device can be coupled to one or both of the power supply lines in order to condition a transmission characteristic of the power supply line, the power supply lines or the communication device itself.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to set the signal frequency.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to adjust the signal frequency in response to receipt of a control signal, in response to manual actuation of a setting device or in response to an evaluation of a signal transmitted via the data channel.
  • the signal frequency can be set to a frequency suitable for transmission over the data channel.
  • the suitable frequency can depend, for example, on a resonance frequency or an impedance of one or more cells coupled or connectable to the data channel.
  • a preferred frequency range for the signal frequency can be characterized in that within the frequency range there is a resonance increase in the complex cell resistance of the cells of the energy store or at least one cell of the energy store downstream of the communication device.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to set the signal frequency to a value for which a cell coupled or couplable to the data channel has a high impedance.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to set an AC resistance between the first power supply line and the second power supply line.
  • the AC resistance can be set to a value that represents a high impedance with respect to the signal frequency.
  • the communication device can have at least one switchable capacitance and additionally or alternatively at least one switchable inductance.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to switch the at least one switchable capacitance and additionally or alternatively the at least one switchable inductor between the first power supply line and the second power supply line or to separate them from the power supply lines. In this way, the AC resistance between the first power supply line and the second power supply line can be set to an appropriate value.
  • the communication device can have a receiving device which is designed to receive a signal via the first interface.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to condition the data channel using the signal.
  • the signal can be a control signal for controlling the conditioning device.
  • the control signal can be provided, for example, by a control device or another communication device.
  • the signal can be data which are transmitted to the communication device in order to control the communication device or to be transmitted further by the communication device via the transmission device.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to evaluate a signal quality of the data received via the receiving device and to condition the data channel depending on the signal quality. In this way, the conditioning of the data channel can be controlled externally as well as independently.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to interrupt data transmission through the communication device.
  • the data transmission can be interrupted by switching off the communication device or by opening a suitable switch. If the data transmission is interrupted, a communication signal can be prevented from passing through the communication device. This enables a transmission of the communication signal to be tested via a cell. More specifically, it can be checked whether the communication signal is sufficiently attenuated by the complex resistance of the cell. Such attenuation can be checked by, for example, sending the communication signal from a communication device upstream of the interrupted communication device and then evaluating whether the communication signal is received from a communication device downstream of the interrupted communication device.
  • the conditioning device of the upstream communication device can, for example, use the conditioning device Signal frequency of the communication signal can be changed.
  • capacitive or inductive elements can be connected to the interrupted communication device by means of the conditioning device, so that the impedance between the power supply lines of the cell with the interrupted communication device changes.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to increase an AC resistance or the impedance between the first power supply line and the second power supply line with respect to the signal frequency in a first operating state and to increase the AC resistance or the impedance with respect to the signal frequency in a second operating state reduce. Additionally or alternatively, the conditioning device can be designed to set the signal frequency in the first operating state so that it lies in the region of the resonance increase of the cells and in the second operating state to set the signal frequency so that it lies outside or in an edge region of the resonance increase of the cells ,
  • the first operating state can be a normal operating state in which data is passed on from communication device to communication device like in a bucket chain.
  • the second operating state can be an emergency operating state in which data are transmitted very quickly, bypassing the communication devices, directly via the cells. Due to the direct transmission, for example, an alarm signal can be transmitted very quickly.
  • the sensor device can be connected between the power supply lines of the cell.
  • the detection device can be at least one sensor device, a sensor element or the like for detecting at least one state variable of the cell.
  • the state variable can be, for example, a temperature, a voltage or a pressure.
  • the detection device can be designed to output the at least one detected state variable in the form of the sensor data or to make it available.
  • the transmission device of the communication device can be designed to transmit the sensor data as the data to be transmitted.
  • the sensor device can be used to monitor the cell.
  • the data recorded by the sensor device can be sent out via one of the power supply lines of the cell.
  • the sensor device can be arranged inside or outside a shell or a housing of the cell.
  • the impedance of the battery element can be changed by connecting at least one capacitance or inductance as described.
  • a multi-cell electrical energy store has the following features: at least two named battery elements, which are arranged in a series connection or in a parallel connection.
  • the energy store can represent a battery for electric vehicles, for example.
  • the energy store can comprise, for example, one hundred or more cells. All or at least some of the cells can be designed as battery elements.
  • an integrated battery sensor can be used, which offers a great advantage due to the data that can be transmitted via Powerline communication, for example to a central control unit of the energy store.
  • the multi-cell electrical energy store can have at least one switching device with a switch and a bridging capacitance connected in parallel with the switch.
  • the switching device can be connected in an electrically conductive manner to at least one power supply line of one of the cells of the multi-cell electrical energy store and the data channel can run via the bridging capacity when the switch is open.
  • the switching device can be arranged between two adjacent cells.
  • the switching device can be connected in parallel to one or a plurality of cells.
  • the switching device can be arranged in a power supply line, which forms a battery pole of the energy store. In this way, data can be transmitted within the energy store and into the energy store as well as out of the energy store, even if a current flow within the energy store is interrupted due to an open switch of a switching device.
  • an impedance of the cells in particular due to inductive effects, reaches a sufficiently high value to isolate the transmitting and receiving sides of the cells and thus the communication devices coupled to the cells. It is a suitable choice of the signal frequency for the Data transmission within the sensor system is important. At least one inductor and / or one capacitance can also be connected between the power supply lines of a cell. Using the conditioning devices, the data channel can be adapted in such a way that a resonant increase in a complex resistance or an impedance of the cells is achieved. This allows a good separation between the input and output side or the reception and transmission side of the communication device to be achieved.
  • the complex impedance of a cell advantageously reaches high values, for example values from over 10 ohms to well over 100 ohms or even several 1000 ohms.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to generate resonant circuits or resonance within the battery elements at specific signal frequencies in order to achieve a resonance increase of the complex resistance or the impedance of the cell.
  • the inductance and / or capacitance which can be switched on for example at least one discrete or integrated capacitance or inductance, can be used to influence the resonance increase in a targeted manner.
  • the impedance of the cell in particular due to inductive effects, can reach a sufficiently high value to isolate the transmitting and receiving sides of the communication device from one another. Thus, an input and an output of the communication device can be prevented from being short-circuited through the cell.
  • the method creates, for example, a communication method between one or more sensors and one or more control devices within one or more batteries. It can be a Act data channel conditioning method for communication of sensors in battery packs.
  • a device mentioned above can advantageously be used.
  • the steps of the method can be implemented by suitable devices of a suitable device, for example a communication device.
  • the conditioning device can be used separately from the communication device.
  • a first communication device having one or no conditioning devices can be arranged in a first cell and a conditioning device can be arranged in a second cell.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to condition the data channel used by the first communication device of the first cell.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to adapt an impedance of the data channel.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to output a setting signal for setting a signal frequency used by the first communication device of the first cell for data transmission to the first communication device of the first cell.
  • a conditioning device for conditioning a data channel of a cell of a multi-cell electrical energy store is characterized in that the conditioning device is designed to condition a signal frequency suitable for the transmission of data via the data channel and additionally or alternatively an AC resistance of the data channel.
  • the conditioning device can be used together with a communication device or independently of a communication device.
  • the conditioning device can be structurally separate from a communication device whose data channel is conditioned by means of the conditioning device.
  • the data channel can be via a power supply line and / or via a cell housing wall and / or via a battery case run.
  • One of two power supply lines of the cell can be connected to the cell housing wall in an electrically conductive manner. Therefore, the conditioning device can be used not only for data transmission based on the bucket chain principle, but also for other transceivers.
  • a communication device used for data transmission can have a simple interface to one or more power supply lines and / or a cell housing or battery housing.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to set the AC resistance of a first power supply line of the cell, a second power supply line of the cell, an electrical connection between the first power supply line and the second power supply line, a cell housing wall of the cell or a battery housing of the multi-cell electrical energy store.
  • the conditioning device can have at least one switchable capacitance and / or at least one switchable inductance and can be designed to couple the at least one switchable capacitance and / or at least one switchable inductance to the data channel in order to condition the AC resistance of the data channel.
  • the conditioning device can have a receiving device which is designed to receive a signal.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to condition the data channel using the signal.
  • the signal can be provided, for example, by a control device or a communication device.
  • the signal can be received via the data channel or via a separate communication channel.
  • the signal can be data sent to a communication device via the data channel or data sent by a communication device.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to evaluate a signal quality of the signal received via the receiving device and to condition the data channel depending on the signal quality.
  • the conditioning device can be designed to increase the AC resistance with respect to the signal frequency in a first operating state and to reduce the AC resistance with respect to the signal frequency in a second operating state.
  • the conditioning device can be part of a communication device or can be associated with a communication device.
  • a corresponding communication device can be used in connection with a sensor device.
  • a multi-cell electrical energy store can have at least one conditioning device coupled to a data channel.
  • the energy store can have at least one cell, which in turn has a conditioning device.
  • a method for conditioning a data channel of a cell of a multi-cell electrical energy store comprises the following steps: Conditioning a signal frequency suitable for the transmission of data via the data channel and / or an AC resistance of the data channel.
  • a device can be understood to mean an electrical device, for example an integrated circuit, which processes and inputs signals Depends thereon control and / or data signals.
  • An interface of the device can be designed as hardware and / or software. In the case of a hardware configuration, the interface can be part of a so-called system ASIC, for example, which contains a wide variety of functions of the device.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a multi-cell electrical energy store 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the energy store can be a battery.
  • the energy store 100 has a first battery pole 104 and a second battery pole 106, which extend out of a housing 108 of the energy store 100.
  • the energy store 100 has a plurality of cells 110, also called battery cells, which are connected to one another via their power supply lines in a series connection between the battery poles 104, 106.
  • Each of the cells 110 has an impedance Z.
  • a sensor device 115 is assigned to each of the cells 110.
  • a composite of a cell 110 and a sensor device 115 is referred to as a battery element 120.
  • the energy store 100 thus has a series connection, according to this exemplary embodiment three battery elements 120.
  • the energy store 100 also has a control device 125 which is connected between the battery poles 120 and thus in parallel with the series connection of the battery elements 120.
  • a sensor device 115 of a cell 110 is connected in parallel to the cell 110 between the power supply lines of the cell 110.
  • the sensor devices 115 each have a detection device, for example a sensor or a measuring unit, for detecting at least one physical property of the assigned cell 110 and a communication device for transmitting data, for example sensor data recorded with respect to the cell 110.
  • the communication devices can each have a receiving device and a transmitting device, for example. Data can be transmitted via the transmitting device and via a Power supply line are transmitted to a downstream sensor device 115. Data transmitted from an upstream sensor device 115 via a power supply line can be received via the receiving device.
  • the receiving device and the transmitting device of a communication device can be connected to one another, for example, via a shift register.
  • the control device 125 can be designed to send control data to the sensor devices 115.
  • the control data can be forwarded from sensor device 115 to sensor device 115.
  • the sensor devices 115 can, for example, send out sensed sensor data or condition data channels that run for the transmission of the data via the power supply lines.
  • Data sent by a sensor device 115 can be forwarded to the control unit 125 via the downstream sensor devices 115.
  • the control device 125 can be coupled to a central control device arranged outside the energy store 100.
  • respectively adjacent or spaced-apart sensor devices 115 or the control device 125 and a sensor device 115 can communicate with one another. Communication can run in one direction, as is indicated, for example, by the data flow direction shown by the arrows. This means that a date, for example a single bit, is transmitted from the control unit 125 to the downstream first sensor device 115, this sensor device 115 then transmits the bit to the second sensor device 115, and this second sensor device 115 in turn transmits the bit to the third sensor device 115 transmitted, which then sends the bit back to the control unit 125.
  • a bucket chain is created in which bits are sent in turn from the control unit 125 through the sensor devices 115 and back to the control unit 125.
  • Several consecutive bits can represent a data word which, for. B. comprises a sensor address and / or a command and / or a data packet with communication data.
  • those received by means of a control device can be Bits are changed and / or added before the data word is transmitted further.
  • a logically bidirectional communication connection can be established between the sensor devices 115 and the control device 125. Communication can also take place in changing directions.
  • the sensor devices 115 can be provided with unique addresses and the control device 125 can be designed to address one or more of the sensor devices 115 by means of the unique addresses. In response to addressing by the control device 125, the addressed sensor device 115 or the addressed sensor devices 115 can be designed to send communication data to the control device 115.
  • the sensor devices 115 can also be designed to send communication data to the control device 125 without addressing by the control device 125.
  • a sensor device 115 can be designed to send communication data to the control unit 125 depending on sensor data acquired by the sensor device 115, for example depending on a course or a value of acquired sensor data.
  • a sensor device 115 can be designed to send an emergency message to the control unit 115 at any time while ignoring other stored or received communication data.
  • the cells 110 do not represent short-circuit connections with regard to the data channel via which the data to be transmitted are transmitted. In other words, it should be avoided that the data to be transmitted are transmitted through the cells 110 and thus the sensor devices 115 can be bypassed.
  • the signal frequency for example the carrier frequency of the data to be transmitted
  • the impedance Z of the cells 110 can be adapted to the impedance Z of the cells 110, or a total impedance consisting of the impedance Z of the cells 100 and an impedance of elements of the sensor devices 115, for example between the power supply lines a cell switched capacitances or inductors so that the data to be transmitted is not transmitted through the cells 110.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation of a multi-cell electrical energy store according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the energy storage has, as shown in Fig. 1 described, a plurality of battery elements 120.
  • the plurality of battery elements 120 are arranged in a series connection of, for example, six battery elements 120, three additional battery elements 120, for example, being connected in parallel to one of the battery elements 120.
  • any combination of series connection and parallel connection of any number of battery elements 120 can be implemented.
  • the energy store has a plurality of switching devices, each of which has a switch 232 and a bridging capacitance 234 connected in parallel with the switch 232.
  • the switching devices are arranged in power supply lines of the cells of individual battery elements 120.
  • a switching device is arranged in a bridging line for bridging a series connection of three of the battery elements 120.
  • Individual or all of the battery elements 120 can be activated or deactivated by the switching devices, that is to say they can be integrated into or removed from a circuit through the energy store.
  • a switch 232 of a switching device or a plurality of switching devices is open, then a direct current flow through the respective switching device is interrupted, but with a suitable signal frequency, for example data transmitted in the megahertz range, data can pass through the respective switching device via the respective capacitance 234.
  • the capacitances 234 are, for example, capacitors or parasitic capacitances of the switches 232.
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic representation of a sensor device 115 for a cell of a multi-cell electrical energy store according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the sensor device 115 can, for example, in connection with the in Fig. 1 energy storage shown are used.
  • the sensor device 115 has a communication device 341 and a detection device 343.
  • the communication device 341 has a first interface 351, for example in the form of a first connection line for connecting the communication device 341 to a first power supply line, and a second interface 353, for example in the form of a second connection line for connecting the communication device 341 to a second power supply line of the cell of the energy store ,
  • the detection device 343 is designed, for example, to detect a physical variable such as a pressure or a temperature of the cell and to provide a corresponding sensor value to the communication device 341.
  • the detection device 343 can be designed to provide a sensor value to a transmission device, a control device or a storage device of the communication device 341, and the communication device 341 can be configured to send the sensor value as data to be transmitted via one of the interfaces 351, 353.
  • Fig. 4 shows a schematic representation of a communication device 341 for the transmission of data via a data channel running over a power supply line of a cell of a multi-cell electrical energy store, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the communication device 341 can, for example, in connection with the on the basis of Fig. 3 described sensor device 115 are used.
  • the communication device 341 has a first interface 351 for the electrically conductive connection of the communication device 341 to a first power supply line of a cell and a second interface 353 for the electrically conductive connection of the communication device 341 to a second power supply line of the cell. Furthermore, the communication device 341 has a transmission device 451 and a conditioning device 453.
  • the transmitting device 451 is designed to transmit data to be transmitted from the communication device 341 to the data channel using the signal frequency via the second interface 353 issue.
  • the conditioning device 453 is designed to condition the data channel.
  • the conditioning device 453 is designed to change the signal frequency used by the transmitting device 451.
  • the conditioning device 453 can be designed, for example, to change a setting of a frequency generator for generating the signal frequency.
  • the conditioning device 453 is designed to change a complex impedance between the interfaces 351, 353 with respect to the signal frequency.
  • the conditioning device 453 can comprise an arrangement 455 composed of at least one switchable capacitance and additionally or alternatively at least one switchable inductor, which can be electrically conductively connected to the interfaces 351, 353 or can be separated from the interfaces 351, 353.
  • the arrangement 455 can have a plurality of switchable capacitances and switchable inductances which can be connected in a suitable connection, for example consisting of series connections and parallel connections, between the interfaces 351, 353.
  • the conditioning device 453 is designed to reduce the complex impedance between the interfaces 351, 353 with respect to the signal frequency. In this way, the data to be transmitted can be transmitted directly over the cells, bypassing the communication device 341. This enables a very fast data transfer.
  • the conditioning device 453 may be configured to reduce the complex impedance in response to the receipt of an emergency signal.
  • the emergency signal can be a signal that is generated, for example, by the control device of the energy store, a communication device of the energy store or a detection device assigned to the communication device.
  • the communication device 341 has a receiving device 457.
  • the receiving device 457 is designed to receive data arriving at the first interface 351.
  • the received data can be forwarded by the receiving device 457 to the transmitting device 451 and sent out by the transmitting device 451.
  • the received data can be used to control the conditioning device 453.
  • the conditioning device 453 can be configured to perform the conditioning of the data channel in response to the received data.
  • the conditioning performed by the conditioning device 453 can thus be controlled by a central point, for example by a control unit.
  • the conditioning device 453 can also have an evaluation device for evaluating or a measuring device for measuring a signal quality of a signal transmitted via the data channel and can be designed to carry out the conditioning as a function of the evaluated or measured signal quality.
  • the communication device 341 can have a further interface to a detection device, as is shown in FIG Fig. 3 is described.
  • Fig. 5 shows a series connection of two cells 110 of a multi-cell electrical energy store, as it is for example based on Fig. 1 is described, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the cells 110 each have a first power supply line 561 and a second power supply line 562.
  • the second power supply line 562 of the cell 110 shown on the left is electrically conductively connected to the first power supply line 561 of the cell 110 shown on the right.
  • the power supply lines 561, 562 can serve as connections of the energy store or as a power cell connection.
  • Each of the cells 110 has a complex internal resistance Z between the respective power supply lines 561, 562.
  • a conditioning device 453 is connected between the power supply lines 561, 562 of the cells 110, each of which has an arrangement 455 with a capacitance 565, 566 and an inductor 567.
  • the conditioning device 453 can be implemented, for example, as part of a sensor device or a communication device or as an independent unit.
  • a capacitance value of the capacitance 565 is adjustable, as is an inductance value of the inductance 567.
  • the capacitance 566 of the arrangement 455 shown on the right is designed as a fixed capacitance with a fixed capacitance value.
  • the arrangements 455 can each have a field, a so-called array of capacitors 565, 566 and inductors 567, which can be integrated in an integrated circuit, for example an ASIC, or can be implemented discretely.
  • the capacities 565, 566 and inductors 567 can be changed in their value for impedance matching. Furthermore, connections between connections of the capacitors 565, 566 and inductors 567 to one another or to the power supply lines 561, 562 can be separated or closed, for example controlled by a corresponding control device.
  • further complex resistances between the power supply lines 561, 562 of a cell 110 can be realized, which combine with the complex internal resistances Z of the cells 110 to result in total resistances.
  • the resulting total resistance can be set such that data transmitted via the power supply lines 561, 562 of the cells 110 with a predetermined or an adjustable signal frequency is not transmitted through the cells 110.
  • Fig. 5 circuit shown can be understood as a schematic representation of a signal conditioning device.
  • Fig. 6 shows a diagram of a conditioning of a complex impedance of a composite of a cell and a battery sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the composite can, for example, be a composite as it is based on the Fig. 5 is described.
  • the frequency f is plotted on the abscissa and the impedance Z Ver of the composite is plotted on the ordinate.
  • a combination of the curves 672, 673 can also be achieved by suitable further conditioning.
  • One exemplary embodiment consists in the design of a battery sensor 115 with a communication interface 341, or a battery which contains such sensors 115.
  • the communication interface 341 is designed to use conditioning of the data channel, that is to say the path of the data from and to the sensors 115 and the control device 125 via the battery elements 120.
  • the communication takes place via a possibly long series and parallel connection of battery cells 110, typically 100 cells 110, for example, the sensors 115 including their communication devices 341 being connected in parallel to the battery cells 110.
  • the impedance Z of the battery cells 110 and the impedances of the sensors 115 resulting from the geometrical arrangement and connection can vary depending on the structure and selection of the battery cells 110 and can change via other influencing factors such as aging processes of the battery cells 110 and temperature effects.
  • the receiver unit 457 or receiving device and / or the transmitting unit 451 or transmitting device of the battery sensor 115 can be "short-circuited" as well as via the resistor Z the signal energy is directed past the sensor 115.
  • the latter is particularly disadvantageous for the design of serial powerline communication. In both of the above cases, the cell impedance Z is too low, data communication is not possible or is possible only inadequately.
  • the conditioning method described here which can be implemented, for example, by the described communication device 341, can use a combination of several methods mentioned below in order to optimize data transmission via the power supply lines 561, 562 of the cells 110. Alternatively, only one of the methods can be used or implemented.
  • a first conditioning method is based on a signal frequency adjustment.
  • the signal frequency of the data to be transmitted is adapted, for example the communication frequency or the carrier frequency, so that the signal frequency falls within a range of excessive resonance of the complex cell resistance Z of the cells 110 or the battery elements 120.
  • the signal frequency can be fixed during design or installation, but tracking and online optimization can also be provided.
  • a preferred frequency range for the signal frequency is in the range from 10 MHz to 100 MHz or from 10 MHz to 200 MHz, since here the resonance exaggeration lies in typical geometries of prismatic high-energy cells 110.
  • a multifrequency or broadband signal frequency band can be advantageous for the signal frequency.
  • a second conditioning method is based on the use of switchable elements 455 in the form of discrete or integrated capacitors 565, 566 or inductors 567 in the sensor 115 in order to specifically positively influence the resonance increase in its center frequency and quality.
  • Such an influence is in Fig. 6 shown schematically.
  • the technical implementation for this is in Fig. 5 shown schematically using the example of a battery 100 consisting of two cells 110, the example also correspondingly being applicable to batteries 100 with more cells 110.
  • Fields 455 of capacitors 565, 566 and inductors 567 can be connected to the cell poles of cells 110 via switches via power supply lines 561, 562 get connected.
  • inductance 567 and capacitance 565, 566 can be produced in series or in series.
  • a field 455 with many adjustment options it is also possible, for example, to use only a single fixed capacitance 566 or other combinations of at least one inductor 567 and additionally or alternatively at least one capacitance 565, 566.
  • the first and the second conditioning method can also be used simultaneously in order to achieve an optimal solution, for example in terms of energy consumption and the signal-to-noise ratio.
  • the highest possible quality of this resonance increase can advantageously be selected according to one embodiment. If there is no possibility of regulating the resonance frequency, it is designed for a sufficient broadband of the resonance increase and thus a lower quality of the resonance circuit in order to take into account any shifts in the resonance frequency that may occur due to changes in the impedance Z of the cell 110 due to influences such as aging or temperature effects.
  • the battery sensor 115 can contain a circuit for measuring the signal quality in order to specifically control the signal frequency and additionally or alternatively the arrangements 455.
  • At least one possibility for switching off the communication devices 341 is individual sensors 115 are provided.
  • the unwanted signal transmission through the cell 110, the associated communication device 341 of which is switched off can be measured and compensated.
  • a corresponding measurement can be carried out by a measuring device, which can be arranged, for example, in the control device 125 or in a communication device 341.
  • the data channel can be conditioned, for example by changing the signal frequency or a suitable use of the arrangement 455, in such a way that the unwanted signal transmission through the cell 110 is prevented or at least reduced to a predetermined amount.
  • a targeted reduction in resistance can be provided, as a result of which low latency in signal transmission, for B. in the case of a primarily necessary data transmission of a security-relevant alarm signal is possible.
  • Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of a method for transmitting data over a data channel, which runs over at least one power supply line of a cell of a multi-cell electrical energy storage device, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the data channel is conditioned and in a step 702 data to be transmitted are transmitted to the data channel using a signal frequency.
  • Steps 701, 702 can be repeated a number of times, in parallel to one another or in reversed order.
  • the method can be carried out, for example, by a communication device described above.
  • Step 701 may be implemented using a conditioning method as described above.
  • Fig. 8 shows a conditioning device 453 for conditioning a data channel 800 of a cell 110 of a single-cell or multi-cell electrical energy store, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the data channel 800 can be unidirectional or bidirectional and can be used by a communication device 341 of the cell 110 for data transmission.
  • Data channel 800 can be via or multiple power supply lines or over a housing of the cell 110.
  • the conditioning device 453 can, for example, be part of the cell 110, part of the communication device 341, part of a communication device of a further cell or of a control device, as is shown, for example, in FIG Fig. 1 is shown or be an independent unit. According to the in Fig. 8 In the exemplary embodiment shown, the conditioning device 453 is arranged spatially separated from the cell 110.
  • the conditioning device 453 is designed to adapt a signal frequency used by the communication device 341 for data transmission via the data channel 800, as already described with reference to other exemplary embodiments.
  • the conditioning device 453 is designed to output a setting signal for setting the signal frequency to the communication device 341 via an interface.
  • the conditioning device 453 is designed to adapt an AC resistance of the data channel 800, as already described with reference to other exemplary embodiments.
  • the conditioning device 453 can have an electrically conductive connection to a conductor representing the data channel 800 and can be designed to couple the data channel 800 to at least one element for adapting the AC resistance via the electrically conductive connection.
  • the conditioning device 453 can be designed to output a switching signal to a circuit coupled to the data channel 800 for adapting the AC resistance of the data channel 800.
  • the circuit can have, for example, at least one switchable capacitance and / or at least one switchable inductance.
  • the conditioning device 453 can be designed to condition the data channel 800 in response to the receipt of a control signal or in response to an evaluation of a signal transmitted via the data channel 800.

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